Design

The advocacy group points out that the riverwalk was originally conceived as a bike facility, but notes that congestion could be reduced by adding protected lanes to Upper Wacker.

While many trail users are fed up with construction detours, the end of the project is within sight.

Sensible, humane labor, housing, health, and education policies and efficient, democratic transportation systems go hand-in-hand.

The $1.2 million cost figure CBS reported for Dearborn actually includes upgrades to several other bikeways.

The quarterly Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council meeting is usually a tightly scheduled show-and-tell, with staff from the Chicago Department of Transportation and other city agencies giving presentations on what they’re doing to improve cycling. But after a particularly bad week for biking in the Chicago area, last Wednesday CDOT threw out the script and opened the floor for cyclists to voice their anxieties and anger over recent traffic violence, and brainstorm ways to prevent more tragedies.

After some on-the-road research with a tape measure, I found out that my design for a 44-foot-wide street wouldn't work, so here's a proposal for a 46-foot one.

Striping all bike lanes in a way that encourages cyclists to ride out of the "door zone" would help keep people out of harm's way.

The signs discouraging all cyclists from using the riverwalk were put in after a guy was asked to walk his bike through a crowded area griped about it to the mayor's office.

Transit riders weigh in on the current state of the the station, the final design, and plans for public art.